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J. H. SMALL.

HOPPER FOR PARE GONVEYERS.

Patented July l, 1884.

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JAMEs H. sMALL, or NEWIYORK, N. Y.

HoPPr-:R FOR FARE-CONVEYERS.

PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,170, dated July 1,1884.

Application filed November 9, 1883. (No model.)

,T @Z5 whom t 711/603/ concern- Be it known that I, J AMEsI. SMALL, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at N ew York, N. Y., have invented new and useful Improvements in Hoppers for Fare Conveyers, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to certain new and use# ful improvements in receiviug-hoppers to be used in connection with fareconveyer tubes in street-railway cars, &c.

My invention has for its object to provide a hopper simple and economieof construction which shall serve the purpose not only as a hopper, but which shall also serve as a means for securing the conveyer-tube in position, and in such manner that the latter is .free in such longitudinal movement as might be caused by expansion and contraction, or by the possible vibrations of the car to which it is 'secured and with these ends in view myinvention consists'of a metallic hopper the body of which is cast in two parts, and adapted to be put together in such manner as to embrace the cony veyer-tube to which it is to be. applied, and hold the same in position, as will be hereinafter explained.

My invention also consists in other details of construction, hereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.

In order that others skilled in the art may know how to make and apply my improved hopper, I will describe its construction and the manner in which it is used, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa front elevation of my improved hopper, Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical section taken at the line x x of Fig. 1, and Fig. et a transverse section taken at the line y y of Fig. 3.

Similar letters indicate like parts in the several gures.

A is the back casting, which is formed with the extensions B C, provided with screw-holes, and by which the device is secured in position in an obvious manner. This back piece is formed also with sides D D, of about the shape shown particularly at Figs. 2 and 3, and with an interior forward defleeting-surface, E, (see Fig. 3,) which serves as a guard against obstruction of money, 85e., deposited in the hopper. That portion of the back plate extending` below the point where the hopper proper terminates is slightly recessed, as shown at F, and at the lower extremity of such recess the casting extends forward, as shown at G, th-us forming a recess and seat for the conveyer-tube to be used in connection therewith, and as fully described in another application iiled by me simultaneously with this. The solid portion G- is provided with a screw-hole adapted to receive a screw, Il, which, with another screw, I, at the top, is used to secure the front plate, J. The forni of this plate, as shown in section in Fig. 3, is such as to lit upon the angular sides D of the back plate, the upper and lower extremities terminating in lugs K K, to receive the threads of the securingscrews H I. Flanges L are cast with the plate J, to overlap the sides D, as is clearly shown at Fig. 2. The lower portion of the casting, below the point at which the hopper proper terminates, is so formed with a recess, M, that when the two plates A J are in tixed relation to each other a space` or channel, N, (see Fig. 2,) is formed, corresponding in shape to ,andadapted to receive one of my improved conveyer-tu'bes. The upper end ofthe front plate, J, is formed with an opening, through which the fare is introduced. As an economy in construction, I provide a separate escutchcon-plate, O, having an opening for the introduction of fare, and provided with one or more bars or partitions, P, which are designed to separate coins or tickets when more than one are introduced together, and in order that by such separation they shall be required to follow one another in their descent to the vbottom of the hopper, and thus avoid any possible "clogging, which might otherwise ensue. This escutcheon-plate may be secured to the plate J in any suitable manner, as by bolts, screws, rivets, Ste. Just below the fare-opening I provide a serrated plate, Q, which serves as a deilector and guard. On the escutcheon-plate O' and upper portion of the plate or casting J any suitable notice-such as pay here-is provided by casting or otherwise.

The plate J may be cast with an opening or window, R, and closed or guarded by a glass located between the back and front plates, its

lower edge supported on suitable slight projections, a, on the front plate, and the side edges of the glass protectedby the flanges L, and in this manner the glass is fastened in place.

lt will be observed thaty the form and relation to each other of the two plates or castings A J is such that a throat, S, (see Fig. 3,) is formed, through which the deposits in the funnel are permitted to pass into the opening in the top surface of the conveyer-tube.

`The whole device is simple and economic of construction, and when the conVeyer-tube is placed in position between the plates, and the latter are fastened together by the screws H I, no further device is necessary to properly locate the tube and hopper other than the screws through the extensions B O of the back plate, A. The hopper is held in proper relation to the money-opening in the top edge of the conveyer-tube, and the latter is not bound against longitudinal movement, and is thus freed from the strain it would be subject to were it rigidly secured to the car.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by conveyer tubes, made in two parts, provided with a suitably-shaped channel near the lower end, to receive and support the conveyerltube, p

and secured together at the 'upper and lower ends, substantially as herein described.

2. The back plate or casting, A, provided with sides D, recess F, and deilecting-surface E, substantially as shown and described.

3. The front plate or casting, J, formed with tube-recess M and flanges L, substantially as shown and described.

4. The escutcheon plate or casting O, adapted to be secured within the front plate, J, and serveas the entrance to the hopper, provided with separating bars or partitions I?, arranged near the outside of the entrance, whereby the coins, when introduced, are separated before they are permitted to enter the hopper, sub- 45 stantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAs. n. sMALL. [1.. s]

Witnesses: Y

GILBERT J. MCGLOIN ROBERT J. SMACK. 

